Nicholls makes flying start in Sochi
WINTER OLYMPICS: Britain’s Jamie Nicholls earned automatic qualification to tomorrow’s snowboarding slopestyle final as the Games began in Sochi yesterday. Team-mate Billy Morgan must still appear in the semi-final after finishing sixth in qualifying, while Jenny Jones and Aimee Fuller are also yet to qualify in the women’s event. The opening ceremony begins at 4.14pm British time this afternoon, with speed skater Jon Eley, 29, selected to be Britain’s flagbearer.